Pickup Turned Into Dump Truck

Pickup Turned Into Dump Truck PICKUPS 22-1-19 "We fitted our 1968 Chevy 1-ton pickup with a home-built 10-ft. long steel bed with 14-in. sides. A pair of hydraulic cylinders are used to raise and lower the bed so we can dump loads. The entire bed is open with no wheel wells in the way so it can carry a lot of material," says David Ray, Winfield, Kan. The floor of the bed is made from 10-ga. steel and the sides from 20-ga. steel. Total capacity 135 bu. A "headache rack" made from expanded metal and 1 1/2-in. dia. steel pipe mounts on front of the bed, and a tail-gate slips onto the back. The 2-stage cylinders are operated by a hydraulic pump that's direct-driven off a pto on the pickup trans-mission. "The truck recently turned 100,000 miles but still has the original engine and transmission," says Ray. "The bed is strong enough to haul dirt, gravel, wood or any other material. At first we used it to haul wheat and milo. We rarely use it to haul grain any more but we do use it to haul seed wheat. Most of the time we use it as a utility rig to haul about 80 to 90 cords of firewood each year.It works great." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, David Ray, RR 2, Box 236A, Winfield, Kan. 67156 (ph 316 221-3541).

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